Envelope opener



Aug. 16, 1932. F, J G N ENVELOPE, OPENER Filed May 18, 1931 Hem/K J aims/9N0 INVENTOR WITNESS: ATTORNEY Patented Aug. 16, 1932 I g r V UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE FRANK J. GARGANO, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK ENVELOPE OPENER Application filed May 18, 1931. Serial No. 538,306.

This invention relates to envelope openers ameterscorresponding to the length of the and it has for one of its objects the protongues. By reason of this construction, the vision of an improved device of the charheads may be used as finger rests to hold the acter mentioned which issimple in construedevice flat against the paper while the en- 5 tion, economical to make and eflicient in acvelope is being formed and, upon completion 55 tion. I i of the crease where the device is to be placed,

Other objects will be appreciated from a may then be'used by the fingers as pushers reading of the following specification. to cause the tongues to puncture the paper at The invention will be fully and comprethe folded edge, pressure laterally on the 10 hensively understood from a consideration heads being exerted to tension the wire, so on of the following detailed description when that when in position it is perfectly straight. read in connection with the accompanying lVhen the tongues are bent over against the drawing which forms part of the applicapaper for attachment, they lie directly over tion, with the understanding, however, that the heads and the latter thus constitute guards the improvement is capable of extended apfor the tongues to keep them from tearing the 05 plication and is not confined to the exact paper by constituting backings directly back showing of the drawing nor to the precise of the tongues. construction described and, therefore, such l Vhen it is desired to open the envelope one changes and modifications may be made of the tongues 7 is bent straight with the cor- 29 therefrom as do not affect the spirit of the responding head 6 and used as athumb piece 70 invention nor exceed the scope thereof as exto pull the wire so as to cause the same to out pressed in the appended claim. the envelope at the edge 8, the other end of In the drawing: the wire being held to. the envelope during Fig. 1 is a view of the back of an envethe cutting operation by the other head 6 and ZJ lope showing the opener of my invention atcorresponding tongue 7. It will readily be taohed to the envelope. appreciated that the head 6'and the bent over Fig. 2 is a fragmentary Vi w of the heck tongues? function to retain the wire adjacent of an envelope showing an edge of the Sam the eclge8 until the opener is used to open the partially cut by the opener. envelope. 30 Fig. 3 is a section taken on line 3-3 of Wh t i l i d as new i so Fig. l ,and In combination, an envelope, and an open Flg. 4: 1s a broken per pe ive VleW 0f the or disposed in the envelope adjacent a folded opener. edge and comprising a wire lying in the fold,

Referring to the drawing f a more members disposed at opposite ends of the 3; tailed description thereof, the numeral 5 1ni d h i ti f a disk-like h d d q the op Which Shown y ltsfflf and connected tongue, the tongue being of a 1n Flg. 4-. The opener oomprls s & fine w1re width less than the diameter of the head but 5 carrying heads 6 at its ends, said heads exf a l th ding to th diam ter tending from one side of the wire. The w1re th f d h in it l th a d also carries at its ends tongues 7 extending di ll f th h ad, the connected tongue and from the w1re 1 1 6 t heads head being disposed transversely of the wire The opener is placed in the envelope before and integrally joined to the latter at the line Sealing. he same, the wire 5 being placed of junctionbetween the two, the heads being adjacent a side edge 8 of the envelope with disposed interior to the envelope and the 7 the heads 6 inside the envelope and the tongues extending through the folded edge tongues 7 pushed through the edge 8 to the and being bent over against the heads. outside of the envelope, the tongues being In testimony whereof I hereby aflix my bent over onto the back of the envelope. signature.

The heads 6 are of circular disk form and V FRANK J. GARGANO. much wider than the tongues 7 but have di- 7 i we 

